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Monday, November 4, 2013

Inflation Has Not Cured Iceland’s Economic Woes

Mises Daily: Monday, November 04, 2013 by David Howden

No two countries’ responses have polarized commentators over the past five years more than the contrasting post-crisis policies in Iceland and Ireland.  In a paper published in Economic Affairs (availablehereas a PDF) I contrast the policies enacted by Iceland and Ireland, perhaps the two countries most affected by the liquidity freeze of 2008. A common conclusion has been that one country did everything right and the other did everything wrong, however, I take a more pragmatic approach. There are some positive aspects in each case, and other aspects we can do without.

At the risk of over-simplifying their situations, the key policy differences are:….To ReadMore….

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